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Task Aspects:
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Architect: Más Studio
Photographer: Shai Epstein / @shai.epstein.pictures
From the Architect: “The Jaffa Property is a 19th century Ottoman constructing in an old and pleasant segment of Jaffa, overlooking Tel Aviv’s skyline and the Mediterranean Sea. This task seeks to give a obvious expression to that seam exactly where the cultural character of the dwelling satisfies a contemporary architectural style—that position in which the old fulfills the new, and exactly where tradition fulfills technological innovation. The challenge lay in protecting the building’s present common architectural character, while building a spot that adapts by itself to the existence of the young family members of 6 living in it.
“The dwelling was at first built in customary Ottoman fashion—as a collection of areas organized around a large central area which varieties the heart of the construction. A conclusion was built to strip absent all the layers of elements that had been included over the many years of periodic renovation and reveal the building’s initial structural fabric. Utilizing new resources and systems, we created a contrast that both equally retained and emphasised the standard components of the building’s design. The large central place has been turned into a library in which antique instruments and modern objects from the owner’s collection are exhibited, reinforcing the dialogue concerning the building’s primary cultural properties and contemporary architectural concepts. Thresholds in doorways have been changed with the exact same Carrara marble uncovered in the pillars supporting the arches. An complete wall created from Kurkar, a sort of sandstone discovered along the coastal locations of Israel and Lebanon, was located concealed guiding a layer of picket paneling and now uncovered types a central structural feature.
“The household, with its blend of cultural architectural features and major, classic furnishings, impresses with its magnificence. Still it can feel chilly and formal, which is not ideal for a younger family members seeking for a place to take it easy and escape at the close of the day. Therefore, in the significantly less official residing area of the two, we established a extensive bench protected in Moroccan plaster, which serves as a put for reading, taking part in and enjoyable.
“The concept driving this task was not to compete with the current cultural and architectural things in the property, but to join them, to emphasize them, and to be open to the final results of some astonishing possibilities.”